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To: Sub-Driver
I’m not terribly bothered when government agencies report the facts, and enable people to make good decisions.
I’m bothered when the government regulates in a way that distorts good decision making, like subsidizing the HFCS that soda pop actually contains instead of sugar.
2 posted on
10/25/2011 8:27:31 AM PDT by
Atlas Sneezed
(Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
To: Sub-Driver
Think of all the CO2 that is released into the atmosphere to cause global warming!/s.
3 posted on
10/25/2011 8:28:33 AM PDT by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: Sub-Driver
First they came for the smokers and you said nothing because you didn’t smoke...then they came for the salt users and again you said nothing...then the runny eggs, rare steaks, lightbulbs, flush toilets...now they’re coming for YOU.
4 posted on
10/25/2011 8:28:59 AM PDT by
JrsyJack
(a healthy dose of buckshot will probably get you the last word in any argument.)
To: Sub-Driver
What does 3 beers a day equal?
To: Sub-Driver
They must be basing it on a 16 oz soda.
Their figures are more or less correct though, given that an average soda is about 13+% sugar by weight.
6 posted on
10/25/2011 8:29:39 AM PDT by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: Sub-Driver
i can’t taste the diff so i drink diet. it probably causes cancer or something though...
7 posted on
10/25/2011 8:29:49 AM PDT by
exist
To: Sub-Driver
8 posted on
10/25/2011 8:30:23 AM PDT by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Sub-Driver
In unrelated news - NYC Health Department fails at math.
Coke has ~40 Grams of sugar in a 12 oz can
X 365 days a year
÷ 454 grams/lb
= 32 lbs
Granted 32 lbs of sugar is still alot (and I was liberally rounding) but it’s about 20lb short of 50
To: Sub-Driver
um.... i doubt it
hey~! Is Coca-cola is run by big libtards?
Let’s demand that they stop PUTTING CO2 IN THEIR DRINKS!!!
HOW COULD THEY BE SO CARELESS ABOUT “THE ENVIRONMENT”
11 posted on
10/25/2011 8:31:35 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(We need a TEA Party march on GOP headquarters ~!!)
To: Sub-Driver
50 pounds / 365 days = 2.19 ounces per day or 62.14 grams per day. At 4 calories per gram, that can of soda would have 248 calories. Now the typical 12 ounce can has about 150 calories. Sounds like someone is either fudging their numbers or counting 20 ounce bottles the same as 12 ounce cans.
12 posted on
10/25/2011 8:31:54 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
To: Sub-Driver
So 2.2oz of a 12oz soda are sugar? ((50lbs * 16oz/lb)/365 days per year)
These people are IDIOTS.
13 posted on
10/25/2011 8:31:54 AM PDT by
MortMan
(Half the people make more than the median income in this country!)
To: Sub-Driver
While I do agree people should cut down on the sugary drinks what business is it of NYC to tell anyone what they should or should not eat or drink. This country is still one where we are FREE to make our own decisions is it not??
14 posted on
10/25/2011 8:33:28 AM PDT by
mk2000
To: Sub-Driver
That number makes sense only in the context of total sugar consumption.
15 posted on
10/25/2011 8:34:39 AM PDT by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Sub-Driver
16 posted on
10/25/2011 8:36:45 AM PDT by
Flavius
(What hopes for victory, Gaius Crastinus? What grounds for encouragement ?)
To: Sub-Driver
It’s not the sugar that makes you fat, it’s the high fructose corn syrup........
17 posted on
10/25/2011 8:37:22 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: Sub-Driver
The New York City Health Department is launching a new campaign... uhhh....shouldn't they be down at the Occupy Wall Street protests cleaning up all the pee & poop? That's a bigger health risk than a can of Sprite.
To: Sub-Driver
Sure, 50 lbs sounds like a lot, but when you break it down it’s only like a can of pop a day.
19 posted on
10/25/2011 8:39:04 AM PDT by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Sub-Driver
An apple a day keeps the doctor away and adds about 18.5 lbs of sugar to your diet a year. So maybe just have a Coke every other day and that will also keep the doctor away.
22 posted on
10/25/2011 8:42:05 AM PDT by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
To: Sub-Driver
This is a total waste of money study and ad campaign. It is no ones business what people drink and how much sugar is in it. Like there are not any other real safety issues in that nanny state?
Last I heard, there was still a massive bed bug infestation in the city. That seems like a more pressing issue that sugar.
23 posted on
10/25/2011 8:42:18 AM PDT by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Sub-Driver
Isn’t this the same bunch that says rats, the four-legged variety, ain’t a health hazard?
24 posted on
10/25/2011 8:45:12 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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